Miconia macrothyrsa

Benth.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Amazon, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Peru, South America, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A small tropical shrub in the Melastomataceae family that produces red fruit.

Source ↗

Miconia macrothyrsa is a species of shrub in the family Melastomataceae. It is native to South America.

Names & Synonyms

Acinodendron macrothyrsum (Benth.) KuntzeMiconia pseudorubiginosa Cogn.

References (2)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 537
Kew Plants of the World On line